Liquid-container.



No.,6 98',309;1 Patented Apr. `22. 19H2.` H. n. MYERS.

LIQUID CONTAINER.

(Application led Jan. 20, 1902.)

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's1E(urinarioity 'fpm'nag partei Letters meenam. 698,309, datednpril 122,11902." l, j

Applaus@ inea January 20.1902. sani No. 90,420. (No man.)

. Be it known that I, HENRY-Ri MYERsm citi:A

'zen of the United States,residing'at Covington, in the 'county of Kenton and'State of Ken#` tucky, have 'invented certain-fn ewand useful Improvements in Liquid=Containers; and I do "declare the following tojbe'af'fu'll, clear, and

c 'ekactdescription of thev invention, such as and more particularlyto that'classinfwhieh described, and particularlypointed out in the sectional View.

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The invention relates ,toV liquid-containers',A

a surrounding protectivejacketisemployed l The object of the inventiomisitoprovide a` Vliquid-container which shall be sirnple of conjstructi'on; durable inv use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and` one ;in whichv the liquid maybel visually inspected-for the; "purpose of ascerfaining'before sealing (On-if sealed, befor'edecanting) Whetheror notv` there the container-ff Y With this and othe'nobjects in view the'invention consists of certain novel'features of eonstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully appended claim. n

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figurel is a perspective view of rny in'xproved liquid-container, and Fig; 2 is a'vertical longitudinal Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the vessel of the container,jpreferably'made of 55 glass and of any suitable"shapean'cldimem sion. l f j `1 l 2 denotesthe usual protective jacket, 'pref- 3 denotes the upper metallic bandencircling the upper` end "off the 1 jacket, andvfl@denotesl the lower metallic band)encircling,` the'lower.

` end ofthe jacket.

metricallyopposite points hasstainped out ytherefrom jsenlicircular ears or. lngs, ,withI *which are engagedtheglhooked ends of the yhan'dleor bail 6.

f f 7 denotes vertically".disposed` strips the up? 1 v .per ends'of which extend betweentheupper band and the jacket vand 'are hooked `over and engaged with the upperedge of. thefu'p'per band.` VThe lower ends of theseL strips pass port the inner supporting-ring 8,-secure'd'tol .i

j and details of lconstructionmfa'y be made With-'- surf.4

` j {Havingthusfdescribe wall of the j acketa Adisposedstrips connectingl the` said bands y ybetween the low-erlband andl thejacketand. yare rivetedto the lowerband, and thence pass under the lower edge `of fthe jacket land an `inner supporting-ringi, securedto the'lowe'r end of the'jacket to supportthe bottom of the f'vessei. After passing-under the-lower edges A of ille jacket and inner supporting-ring the@ strips pass upwardlyand lie close against the.l 61o f inner sides vofhtheinner,supportingi ring,y

over theupper edges thereof, and thenceup-f` fr', *Y

wardly againstthe innerfsidesofjthe'jacket, as shown more particularly' in` vli'gLfQ.4 ."The'j a lower extre'mitiesof these stripsarethus consi -op -iine'd betweenfthefexteror wall of theglasV Y vvessel and interior wall ofthe closely-fitting"- jacket, and thusfserve to additionallysup.-

Ythe lower end of the jacket. j f A It will be noticed thatthebottoln ofthe ves-y j f sel isA supported entirely 'clear'ofthe floor by v Y vthis inner supporting-ring, and `thus lessens f the liability of breakage 'dueto sudden shocks.

It will also be noticed that by providing no' 75v cover" for the bottom ofk `the vessel kthe con-7 tentsvof the vesselmay be'readily inspected f by holdingpit up to the 1ight,.and thus any f f impurities, 'sedimlent,`or dregs be discovered beforel shipment of the package) j 8o j Y ,j From thefforegoing.description,taken in if. connection with' the'accompanying drawings,'

the construction, mode of operation, and adf vantagesofftlie invention will be readilyunll` V derstood without 'requring 1an extended eXf Q planaiiovn. f

. Various changesin'itheforin,proportion,A f l in the scope'of'the invention withoutdepara.' Y', ,l

-ing from kthe'spirit or sacrificing 'anyof the i advantagesthereo ;4 d inyi'nvention, .whatv lfclaim,and`desire to secure by Letters Pat-y Aliquid-'container, comprlsi l jacket surrounding the 'vesselan v' c'. 'l lower' end projecting belowjth fbottorn lof, th

vessel, a supportin,j ingsec edito the inne are" `rpl vessel at a point yabove the lowerV en'dl of y.the jacket', bandssecured to thegexteriorof the` jacket at its upper andvlower ends, vertically 'H said lstrips having their lowerends bent u'nde In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing w11:-

the lower edges of the jacket and the inner supporting-ring and thence upwardly against the inner face of the supporting-ring, thence nesses. over the upper edge of the supporting-ring i HENRY R. MYERS. and thence upwardly parallel with the jacket 'Vitnesses:

and confined between said jacket and the Vessel, substantially as set forth.

J. BAULDEN NEVEL, CHARLES E. NEAL. 

